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Short answers in comments
I see 3 problems with your proposal:
The danger is that someone won't post an actual answer because it is already contained in a well-written comment. Or when someone says the same thing, it is seen ...
schroederMod
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Why the aggressive migration of comments to chat?
The de facto practice on this site (and for most of SE) has always been to remove comments. They are absolutely considered temporary, and only useful if they help an answer get updates or edits for ...
Rory AlsopMod
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Edit comment language
While in general I agree - this is an English speaking site and we should ensure that all comments etc are in English - in this specific instance Shikata ga nai is the name of the tool that the editor ...
Rory AlsopMod
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Can I discuss someone else's question?
If you want clarification on an answer, asking in a comment is what you should do.
However, if you want to extend the scope of the answer or ask about how the answer applies in another context, then ...
schroederMod
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How to nicely incorporate a comment into your answer?
IMO, you answered your own question:
I've done all of these depending on how much the comment contributes.
For guidance, let's look at the conventions of citations in academic papers. In parallel ...
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Autocomment from review ending up on both question and answer
As @Xavier59 and @AviD explains in comments, this is not a bug.
When a moderator converts an answer to a comment, all the comments to the answer are moved along with it. In this case the moderator ...
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Edit comment language
I was the one who made the edit. I had meant to have the edit comment to explain that I corrected the spelling by using something like 仕方が無い - Shikata ga nai, but for some reason I just posted the ...
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Short answers in comments
I am a relatively new user to stackexchange in general and my opinion is that actual answers are better than comment answers in more than just one way. Although good information can come from comments,...
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